DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

CLASS 5

REPUBLIC AT LEBANON

FOR THE EIGHTH TIME IN THE LAST NINE SEASONS, THE YELLOWJACKETS ARE SET TO PLAY IN A DISTRICT TITLE GAME….FOR THE FIRST TIME IT’LL COME AGAINST THE TIGER’S OF THE CENTRAL OZARK CONFERENCE…LEBANON COACH WILL CHRISTIAN SAYS PLUS-MINUS IS A CATEGORY THAT NEEDS TO BE WON…

 

AFTER LAST FRIDAY’S WIN OVER BRANSON, THE ‘JACKETS ARE UNBEATEN IN SIX HOME GAMES THIS YEAR AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE 9-2 TIGERS OF COACH RYAN CORNELSON WHOSE TEAM, LIKE LAST WEEK’S OPPONENT, WILL BE RUN-BASED AND HAS STARTED TO REFLECT THE IMAGE HE’S TRIED TO INSTILL SINCE HE ARRIVED TWO YEARS AGO.

 

TONITE’S WINNER WILL ADVANCE TO MEET EITHER JEFFERSON CITY HELIAS OR CAPITAL CITY IN THE STATE QUARTERFINAL ROUND, SCHEDULED FOR NEXT SATURDAY…PRE-GAME AIRS AT 6:15 WITH KICKOFF AT 7:00 ON KJEL…..

ALSO TONIGHT-

CAPITAL CITY AT HELIAS

CARTHAGE AT WEBB CITY

MEANWHILE, THE CAMPAIGN HAS CONCLUDED FOR CAMDENTON AFTER LAST FRIDAY’S DISTRICT SEMIFINAL LOSS TO CAPITAL CITY…
HEAD COACH PAR PITTS ON THE ASSESMENT PROCESS FOR THE PROGRAM HEADING TO THE OFFSEASON AND INTO A NEW CONFERENCE; THE C.M.A.C. IN 2024…..

 

LAKER TALK AIRS AT 9:20 THIS MORNING ON KJEL…..

CLASS 1

SKYLINE AT WINDSOR

TIPTON AT CRYSTAL CITY

THAYER AT PORTAGEVILLE

CABOOL AT MARIONVILLE

CLASS 2

WARSAW AT TOLTON CATHOLIC

STRAFFORD AT FAIR GROVE

ADRIAN AT LAMAR

CLASS 3

MOUNTAIN GROVE AT AVA

CALIFORNIA AT ODESSA

MOBERLY AT BLAIR OAKS

CLASS 4

MCDONALD COUNTY AT BOLIVAR

JEFFERSON CITY AT PLEASANT HILL

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SATURDAY-

TENNESSEE AT MIZZOU

THE TIGER’S AND VOLUNTEERS EACH SPORT 7-2 RECORDS WITH THREE S.E.C. GAMES REMAINING THIS MONTH….BOTH HAD DIFFERING RESULTS A WEEK AGO, WITH MIZZOU FALLING BY NINE AT GEORGIA, WHILE U.T. BLITZED UCONN 59-3…..THE TIGER’S HAVE BEEN ON THE WRONG END OF BEATDOWNS AT THE HANDS OF THE ‘VOLS RECENTLY WITH SCORES OF 35-12, 62-24 AND 66-24…COACH ELI DRINKWITZ ON WHAT HE RECALLS…

 

TENNESSEE HAS OUTSCORED THEIR OPPONENTS 89-29 IN THE FIRST QUARTER IN 2023…..THIS WILL MARK THE FIRST TIME THAT BOTH TEAM’S HAVE PLAYED WHEN RANKED…KICKOFF IS RIGHT AFTER 2:30 TOMORROW AT FAUROT FIELD….
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

NORTHERN IOWA AT MISSOURI STATE

IT’S THE FINAL HOME GAME FOR THE BEARS IN THE NEXT-TO-LAST CONTEST FOR 2023…COACH RYAN BEARD LOOKS FOR ANOTHER GOOD EFFORT WITH BETTER EXECUTION, ESPECIALLY ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE..

 

THE PANTHERS HAVE DOMINATED THE SERIES SINCE THE EARLY 80’S WITH 36 VICTORIES IN THE 43 PREVIOUS MEETINGS EVEN THOUGH MISSOURI STATE HAS CAPTURED TWO OF THE LAST THREE….KICKOFF IS RIGHT AFTER 2:00 TOMORROW IN SPRINGFIELD…….

ALSO:

BETHEL AT EVANGEL

INDIANAPOLIS AT SOUTHWEST BAPTIST

TRUMAN STATE AT MISSOURI S&T

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

MEMPHIS AT MIZZOU TONIGHT AT 8:00

IT’S BEEN A GOOD WEEK FOR COACH DENNIS GATES..HIS TIGER’S OPENED THE SEASON WITH A MONDAY NIGHT VICTORY, AND THEN SECURED THE NUMBER TWO RANKED RECRUITING CLASS IN THE COUNTRY ON WEDNESDAY..

 

PENNY HARDAWAY AND HIS MEMPHIS TIGERS AGAINST MIZZOU TONIGHT IN COLUMBIA AT 8:00…

 

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL THURSDAY-

MIZZOU LADY TIGERS 98 INDIANA STATE 57

WISCONSIN 74 WESTERN ILLINOIS 52
LEBANON’S RAEGAN MCCOWAN POSTED A DOUBLE-DOUBLE WITH 13 POINTS AND 11 BOARDS
FOR THE LEATHERNECKS

 

NHL THURSDAY-

ST. LOUIS 2 ARIZONA 1

A WORK OF ART IT WAS NOT…THE BLUES WERE SCORELESS IN 7 POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES, BUT OSKAR SUNDQVIST AND ROBERT THOMAS FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET, AND JOEL HOFER STOPPED 19 SHOTS TO HELP END A 3-1 HOMESTAND ON A VICTORIOUS NOTE….THE BLUES HAVE ONE GOAL IN 35 CHANCES WITH THE MAN-ADVANTAGE THIS YEAR, INCLUDING 1 FOR 18 AT HOME THIS SEASON…..ST. LOUIS IMPROVES TO 6-5-1 ON THE SEASON AND WILL MEET THE COLORADO AVALANCHE IN DENVER TOMORROW NIGHT….
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)